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Guangming Daily: Good reports are dug out of "soil"

Yu Chun
06:59 February 21, 2019 | Source: Guangming Daily
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Original title: Good reports are dug out of "soil"

Style of writing reflects style, and style determines style of writing. Three years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in a survey conducted by the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and CCTV that "grassroots cadres should be grounded, and journalists should also be grounded in their research." Journalists' research should be grounded, which is not only a requirement for the style of work of news and public opinion, but also a requirement for the style of writing. Only when journalists and public opinion workers are grounded in style, bend down, listen to the truth, tell the truth, and move the truth, can they be grounded in style and write works that are close to the grassroots, reality, and the masses, "touching the soil", "dew", and "emitting heat".

The style of investigation and research is a fine tradition of the Chinese Communists. Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Whether writing documents, reports, articles, or news releases, they are all designed to solve problems. The solution to the problem can only come from investigation and research, and from the practice and creation of the masses. Comrade Mao Zedong said in the Preface and Postscript of the "Rural Survey": "We must not do it, and we must not do it well, without enthusiasm, the determination to look down, the desire to seek knowledge, and the spirit of putting down our bad airs and being willing to be primary school students." At the Democratic Life Conference of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held from December 25 to 26, 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that, We should vigorously promote the trend of investigation and research throughout the party, promote the whole party to advocate hard work, refrain from empty talk, and make precise efforts, so that reform, development, and stability can fall down on all tasks, so that all work that benefits the people can be put into practice, and promote the major policies and decisions of the Party Central Committee to take root at the grass-roots level. Advocate the style of investigation and research. With more vivid language and fresh ideas, there will be less big talk, empty talk and platitudes. When documents, speeches, articles and news releases can reflect the concerns of the masses and reflect their wishes, the masses will be willing to read, understand, listen and listen.

In some people's eyes, the so-called "grounding" is nothing more than mixing some spoken language such as "what", "how", "I" and "so", and can write such articles even without doing any research. In fact, this is also a kind of copy, ungrounded style of writing. As the saying goes, "Sing what you want to sing in the mountain", people's languages are very different in different times, regions, groups and situations, far from being covered by several well-known words. What's more, the style of writing "grounded" is not only an external form, but also needs to be "thoughtful". It needs not only vivid and popular new words, but also the truth that is meaningful and simple. Through in-depth and detailed investigation and research, based on the full possession and analysis of first-hand materials, it reflects the actual problems at the grass-roots level and responds to the concerns of the masses. General Secretary Xi Jinping recalled in his article "Being the Secretary of the County Party Committee like Jiao Yulu": "I often rode to the countryside on a regular basis from the north bank of the Hutuo River to the commune to the south of the Hutuo River. Every time I rode to the beach of the Hutuo River, I had to carry my bicycle. Although it was a little hard, I really found out the situation, and got closer to grassroots cadres and ordinary people, and strengthened my feelings." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping has made investigations all over the country. From the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone to Kashgar in Xinjiang on the Pamirs, from the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region to the Yangtze River Economic Belt, General Secretary Xi Jinping's investigation process is also a series of major strategic decision-making and deployment processes. Only by making field visits again and again, grasping the most urgent, most worried and most resentful problems of the people, solving the most direct and most realistic interest problems that the people care about most, and really focusing on investigating the truth, making practical suggestions, doing practical things, and seeking practical results, can documents, speeches, articles, and news releases be targeted, and the beautiful blueprint can be turned into reality step by step. This is the grounded research, this is the grounded style of writing.

"Wenqu is so clear that there is a source of fresh water." The seemingly ordinary grass-roots life is the living water of news and public opinion work. Journalists and public opinion workers should go to the fields and border posts, go deep into school classrooms and factory workshops, stay on the front line of scientific research and rehearse the scene, talk to ordinary people, talk to them from heart to heart, strengthen their feet, eyes, brains and writing skills through grounded research, adapt to the requirements of the times, practice and people, and improve the performance of tasks The ability to promote the development of the cause, the fine style of being brave, pragmatic and innovative, and the ability to better display the new style, glow the new atmosphere, and create new achievements.

(Editor in charge: Song Xinrui, Zhao Guangxia)

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